Newville Historic District

The Newville Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The district is bordered roughly by Cove Alley, Big Spring Creek, the right-of-way for the Cumberland Valley Railroad, and Washington Street,[2] and encompasses 414 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Newville.

Newville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
1795 log cabin
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Location	Roughly bounded by Cove Alley, Big Spring Creek, the Cumberland Valley Railroad right-of-way, Washington St., Newville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°10′23″N 77°23′55″W
Area	86.6 acres (35.0 ha)
Architectural style	Italianate, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Federal, Georgian, Late Victorian, Other
NRHP reference No.	10000397[1]
Added to NRHP	June 28, 2010

History

Most of the contributing buildings in this historic district are residential, spanning construction dates from 1790 to 1950. The oldest residential building is a log residence. Contributing non-residential buildings include the Big Spring Presbyterian Church (1790) and five additional churches, two governmental buildings, nine commercial buildings, three social buildings, one educational building, and one industrial building. The contributing objects are a fountain (1899) and a Veterans of Foreign Wars memorial monument (1940). The contributing site is Big Spring Presbyterian Cemetery (c. 1777).[3]

Placement of this district on the National Register of Historic Places

The community's application to place the Newville Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places was reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission at its meeting on October 6, 2009, along with applications for: the Hamburg Historic District in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, the Hamnett Historic District in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Office Building and the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot in Philadelphia, the Experimental and Safety Research Coal Mines in Allegheny County's South Park Township, and the Cheney Farm, Hopewell Farm, and Chandler Mill Road Bridge in Chester County.[4][5]

This district was then officially added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/10 through 7/02/10. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
2. Newville Historic District, in "Pennsylvania - Cumberland County." Washington, D.C.: National Register of Historic Places, retrieved online September 30, 2019.
3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Kate Arnold (August 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Newville Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-21.
4. Franco, Barbara. "Historical and Museum Commission," in Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 39, pp. 5681-5682. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, retrieved online September 18, 2019.
5. "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions," in Federal Register, June 8, 2010, pp. 32502-32503. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, retrieved online September 30, 2019.